Chelsea centre back Kurt Zouma is a "beautiful" player according to Arsenal striker Yaya Sanogo.

The pair are acutely aware of each other having trained together at youth level for France but if the fast-emerging Gunners star, who returned four goals in one pre-season game against Benfica earlier in the summer, has some advice for the talented teenager at the Blues - get in shape!

"I told him he needs to get in shape because the Premier League is demanding from a physical point of view," he said, according to Progres.

"There are some monsters [in the league]. But Kurt, he's a beautiful player. It will happen for him. I don't think he'll spend very long on the bench."

As a defender Zouma could be tasked with man-marking the 6-foot, 3-inch tall Olivier Giroud or Edin Dzeko and the 6-foot, 2-inch Daniel Sturridge and Mario Balotelli.